Contract bridge title
The ACBL Youngest Life Master is a record set by the youngest person to achieve the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) rank of Life Master . The requirements of this rank have been raised several times.[ 1]
Records
ACBL Youngest Life Master
Year
Record Setter
Age
1939
John Crawford
23 years
1952
Richard Freeman
18 years 10 months 7 days
1961
Dianne Barton-Paine
18 years 12 days
1965
Kyle Larsen
15 years 11 months
1968
Joseph Livezey
15 years 5 months
1973
Bobby Levin
15 years 4 months
1975
Michael Freed
15 years 20 days
1976
Regina Barnes
14 years 11 months
1977
Steve Cochran
14 years 5 months 20 days
1980
Billy Hsieh
13 years 7 months 15 days
1981 (June)
Andrew Kaufman
13 years 4 months 15 days
1981 (September)
Doug Hsieh
11 years 10 months 4 days
1988
Sam Hirschman
11 years 9 months 5 days
1990
Joel Wooldridge
11 years 4 months 13 days
1994
Dan Hirschman
10 years 2 months 20 days
2006
Adam Kaplan
10 years 43 days
2009
Richard Jeng
9 years 6 months 12 days
2012
Zach Garrison
9 years 2 months 7 days
2020
Andrew Chen
8 years 3 days
ACBL Female Youngest Life Master
Year
Record Setter
Age
1961
Dianne Barton-Paine
18 years 12 days
1973
Connie McGinley
17 years 5 months
1976
Regina Barnes
14 years 11 months
1982
Adair Gellman
14 years 6 months 4 days
1982 (12 days later)
Tricia Thomas
14 years 26 days
1999
Meredith Beck
13 years 6 months 11 days
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